Improvement in cans for oils and other liquids



J. D. PIERCE. Can for Oil and Other Liquid.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JAMES D. PIERCE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANS FOR OILS AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,771, dated May 27, 1879; application filed To all 'whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, JAMES D. PIERCE, of

`Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, in

the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain- Improvements in Cans for Oils and other Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved can for containing oils and other liquids.

It is constructed with a tube, inserted at or near its bottom, with a movable discharge-pipe attached, which, when raised to a vertical position, closes the tube. When the pipe is lowered from its vertical position it causes the tube to open, the opening continuing as the pipe descends to a horizontal position, when it reaches its maximum. When the pipe is carried below a horizontal position it causes the tube to close. By this arrangement the pressure is controlled, increasing or decreasing in proportion as the pipe is moved from the level of the liquid, thus avoiding the irregular flow and dripping so objectionable in the cock l in general use. p

If desired, the can may be made with a top depressed toward its center, with a raised center covered by a screw or stopper. This depression is raised in the center, for the purpose of allowing the can to be lled to its capacity without the liquid rising in the basin formed by the depression, and the depression is for the purpose of catching the drip.

The bush may be made with perforations through its ii. nge, for the purpose of giving vent when lling or drawing. lhen made in this way the stopper is so constructed as to cover the perforations, as well as to seal the can.

ynot have a cap on the upper end of it.

July 19, 187s.

The can may be incased in wood or other material, allowing a suitable opening for the working of the discharge-pipe.

In the description of the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the saine.

In the drawings, Arepresents the case inclosing the can; B, the door of the saine, through which the discharge-pipe operates 5 C, the can 5 I), the depression in the top of the can; E, a screw and stopper 5 F, a tube with an orice, G, in it. This tube F is left open to show how it is made, but is designed to be closed. H, a pipe with a sleeve at its lower end, to revolve round the tube F. This pipe H stands upright inside of the case, and may or may In drawing oil from the can itis brought forward or depressed. I is a wire or other fastening device to strengthen the case at the pipe-door.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a can having near the bottom thereof a faucet consisting of a horizontal tube, F, with an orifice, G, and of a pipe, H, with an arm sleeved on tube F, and a case having a vertical opening in one side thereof, and a door for covering the same, the pipe H being adapted to have rotary motion about the tube F, and in a vertical plane `through the opening in the case, as and for the purpose described.

JAMES D. PIERCE. "Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, ELI LIPsI. 

